E1 - The Sacrifice and the Night of the Ritual

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[00:02] Narrator
    At the ends of the earth,
    blanketed by miasma,
[00:05] Narrator
    lay a forbidden kingdom to which
    no human was allowed entry.
[00:11] Narrator
    It was home to monstrous vassals who
    once dominated and devoured mankind.
[00:18] Narrator
    And over them reigned a king.
SIGN    The Sacrifice and the Night of the Ritual
[02:17] Official A
    Get out.
[02:31] Official B
    Move.
[02:58] Guard A
    Get in.
[03:08] Anubis
    I have brought her, Your Majesty.
[03:11] Anubis
    This girl is the latest offering.
[03:14] Anubis
    The 99th sacrifice.
[03:23] Leonhart
    Raise your head.
[03:32] Anubis
    Dear me.
[03:35] Anubis
    Of all the sacrifices the humans have sent,
    this girl is easily the scrawniest.
[03:41] Anubis
    Devouring the likes of her
    will not nourish you, sire.
[03:46] Anubis
    Perhaps you should simply tear her
    apart as a display for the nobility,
[03:51] Anubis
    and demand the next sacrifice
    be delivered at onc—
[03:55] Sariphi
    Excuse me.
[03:56] Sariphi
    Don't you think you're
    being a bit rude, Mr. Dog?
[03:59] Anubis
    D-Dog?
[04:01] Anubis
    Surely you do not mean me,
    the great Anubis?!
[04:04] Sariphi
    There's at least enough of me to eat.
[04:07] Sariphi
    Don't be wasteful.
[04:09] Anubis
    H-How dare you?!
[04:11] Sariphi
    Bleh!
[04:12] Anubis
    Still your tongue in His Majesty's presence!
[04:15] Sariphi
    But you said—
[04:16] Anubis
    Be silent!
[04:17] Anubis
    M-My most humble apologies, sire.
[04:20] Anubis
    This human knows not her place.
[04:21] Leonhart
    No matter. Leave us, Anubis.
[04:25] Anubis
    B-But, sire, she—
[04:32] Leonhart
    You dare talk back to your king?
[04:35] Leonhart
    When I tell you to leave, you obey.
[04:37] Anubis
    P-Please forgive me. By your leave.
[04:44] Sariphi
    What a short-tempered king.
[04:47] Sariphi
    You mustn't snap at people like that,
    or someday you'll be all alone.
[04:52] Clops
    His Majesty is terrifying!
    Say you're sorry right away!
[04:55] Cy
    Away!
[04:56] Sariphi
    And who might you be?
[04:58] Cy
    Cy.
[04:59] Clops
    And I'm Clops.
[05:00] Clops
    We're supposed to keep an eye on you.
[05:04] Leonhart
    Impudent human girl.
[05:07] Leonhart
    Your show of boldness fools no one.
[05:10] Leonhart
    Every sacrifice before you has trembled
    and wailed in terror in my presence.
[05:17] Leonhart
    If you wish to make your
    death less agonizing,
[05:20] Leonhart
    prostrate yourself before me,
    quake, and beg for your life.
[05:26] Sariphi
    Aw, Your Majesty!
    Your paw pads are so squishy!
[05:32] Leonhart
    You dare?
[05:34] Sariphi
    Even if I escape, I have no home
    or family waiting for me.
[05:40] Sariphi
    So you'll gobble me up,
    and that will be that.
[05:43] Sariphi
    I don't mind.
[05:48] Leonhart
    What is your name, human girl?
[05:52] Sariphi
    I'm Sari. Sariphi. And you?
[05:59] Leonhart
    I have no personal name.
[06:01] Leonhart
    If I have a name, it is the blood in
    my veins which proves my royalty.
[06:09] Leonhart
    The sacrificial ritual is on the next night
    of revelation, when the miasma clears.
[06:16] Leonhart
    Let us see how long your bravado lasts.
[06:19] Leonhart
    Until that time, I will make an
    exception and keep you at my side.
[06:26] Speaker A
    Chancellor! Is Chancellor Anubis here?!
[06:29] Speaker B
    What is the meaning of this?!
[06:32] Speaker A
    The sacrificial girl is free
    and roaming the palace!
[06:37] Anubis
    Please calm yourselves, my lord speakers.
[06:40] Anubis
    She is in chains, and thus hardly "free."
[06:43] Speaker A
    Spare us your quibbling!
[06:45] Speaker A
    Does His Majesty mean to keep a human pet?!
[06:48] Speaker B
    Really, these royal whims are intolerable.
    And the late king was just as bad.
[06:53] Speaker B
    In the great war 100 years ago,
[06:56] Speaker B
    His late Majesty arbitrarily
    made peace with the humans.
[07:01] Speaker B
    Rebels who refuse to abide by his decree
    plague our land to this day.
[07:08] Speaker A
    Indeed. And it is to quell such sentiments
[07:12] Speaker A
    that the terms of the
    truce demand a sacrifice.
[07:16] Speaker A
    It symbolizes that the
    humans are not our equals.
[07:21] Anubis
    I am well aware of that, of course.
[07:24] Speaker B
    Just advise His Majesty.
[07:26] Speaker B
    Tell him this is no time for games
    that might well leave him vulnerable.
[07:35] Sariphi
    Your Majesty.
[07:37] Leonhart
    Who gave you permission
    to leave my chambers?
[07:40] Leonhart
    Cy, Clops.
[07:42] Leonhart
    What have you been watching her for?
[07:44] Clops
    W-We beg Your Majesty's pardon!
[07:47] Cy
    Pardon!
[07:48] Sariphi
    Wait, sire, it was my idea to—
[07:51] Leonhart
    Know your place and return to my chambers.
[07:55] Sariphi
    Sire!
[07:57] Sariphi
    But I was bored. Your chambers
    are so bleak and empty.
[08:03] Leonhart
    I am a king. I lack for nothing.
[08:07] Sariphi
    But don't you think some flowers
    would brighten things up?
[08:11] Leonhart
    I have no interest in admiring flowers.
[08:15] Leonhart
    Besides, flowers do not grow
    in the miasma of this land,
[08:18] Leonhart
    which lifts only when the moon
    shines on the night of revelation.
[08:22] Sariphi
    You're no fun.
[08:24] Leonhart
    Be that as it may,
[08:25] Leonhart
    a human like you will be minced meat the
    moment you leave this room and my sight.
[08:31] Leonhart
    If you wish to live to see the day
    of the ritual, do as I say.
[08:35] Sariphi
    Oh, I see.
[08:36] Sariphi
    You were worried about me,
    weren't you, sire?
[08:46] Leonhart
    Curse your insolence.
[08:48] Leonhart
    I needn't wait for the ritual, you know.
[08:52] Leonhart
    I could tear out your fragile throat
    on a whim here and now.
[08:56] Leonhart
    Do you still not fear me?
[09:02] Sariphi
    No. I know something much scarier.
[09:09] Sariphi
    Once, when I was reading an old book
    on an awful, stormy night,
[09:15] Sariphi
    I learned that my name means
    "sacrifice" in an ancient tongue.
[09:21] (Flashback) Sariphi
    Maria.
[09:23] (Flashback) Sariphi
    Maria, wake up.
[09:27] (Flashback) Maria
    What is it, Sari?
[09:29] (Flashback) Maria
    Did you have a nightmare?
[09:32] (Flashback) Maria
    Go to Mom and Dad.
[09:37] (Flashback) Mother
    I knew it. The next sacrifice
    will be from our village.
[09:40] (Flashback) Father
    Don't worry. Our girl will be safe.
[09:44] (Flashback) Mother
    But...
[09:45] (Flashback) Father
    This is why we have a substitute.
[09:48] (Flashback) Father
    We took her in and raised her
    to prepare for this.
[09:51] (Flashback) Father
    Remember?
[09:56] Sariphi
    I had just discovered I'd
    been raised as a sacrifice,
[10:00] Sariphi
    but the cold stares of the people who'd been
    my parents were what really terrified me.
[10:09] Sariphi
    But your eyes are nothing like that, sire.
[10:12] Sariphi
    So you don't scare me at all.
[10:20] Sariphi
    Do you force yourself to act angry?
[10:26] Leonhart
    Sariphi, you are...
[10:30] Leonhart
    a girl to be pitied.
[10:38] Clops
    This is Daghtau, an old fortress city,
    and the closest one to Yoana.
[10:43] Clops
    So it saw the fiercest fighting
    of the last great war.
[10:47] Sariphi
    What is Yoana?
[10:49] Clops
    It's what we call the human country.
[10:53] Clops
    Even now, 100 years after the war,
    the scars still run deep.
[10:56] Clops
    So the king often comes
    for inspections like this.
[11:00] Cy
    This.
[11:01] Sariphi
    Wow.
[11:02] Sariphi
    Oh, what's that over there?
[11:05] Anubis
    Ah! That girl is loose again!
[11:08] Leonhart
    Let her do as she pleases.
[11:10] Anubis
    But, sire...
[11:20] Sariphi
    Ruins?
[11:21] Leonhart
    Go no farther.
[11:23] Sariphi
    Your Majesty?
[11:24] Leonhart
    Cy, Clops, you've done enough. Leave us.
[11:29] Clops
    Yes, sire!
[11:31] Leonhart
    Unlike this place, the lower
    town is a lawless zone.
[11:35] Leonhart
    As the farthest city from the palace,
    it is hotbed of rebellion.
[11:40] Leonhart
    Even now, its people often
    cause strife with humans.
[11:44] Sariphi
    Is that why you come to inspect it?
[11:46] Leonhart
    Someone must stop fools
    from shedding needless blood.
[11:52] Leonhart
    Through fear, the surest and
    most reliable method of all.
[11:56] Leonhart
    A king should wield his power to that end.
[12:02] Sariphi
    It must be hard to be a king.
[12:08] Anubis
    Where has His Majesty gone?
[12:09] Clops
    Sir, he took the human girl
    to a hill overlooking the ruins.
[12:13] Clops
    I believe they will return soon.
[12:15] Cy
    Soon.
[12:21] Sariphi
    Hm? Something smells nice.
[12:30] Sariphi
    Flowers grow here?!
[12:37] Leonhart
    The miasma is particularly thin here.
[12:41] Leonhart
    It is the only place in this
    land where flowers bloom.
[12:44] Sariphi
    Is that why you brought me here, sire?
[12:49] Leonhart
    I can't have you wandering the palace
    the next time I take my eyes off you.
[12:54] Sariphi
    Thank you!
[12:56] Sariphi
    Oh, sire, can I pick some
    flowers to bring back?
[12:59] Leonhart
    They would wilt at once in the palace.
[13:03] Sariphi
    Please!
[13:06] Leonhart
    Suit yourself.
[13:13] Leonhart
    Hmph. Humans defy comprehension.
[13:17] Leonhart
    Why care for something destined to die in—
[13:21] Sariphi
    Here, sire. This is for you.
[13:27] Sariphi
    You look adorable!
[13:29] Leonhart
    You dare mock a king in his own kingdom?!
[13:32] Sariphi
    But, sire...
[13:34] Sariphi
    You're always making faces like this.
[13:37] Sariphi
    Doesn't having pretty things
    like this to look at
[13:41] Sariphi
    make you feel a little better?
[13:52] Sariphi
    Sire?
[13:54] Leonhart
    A storm approaches.
[14:02] Leonhart
    After a string of such wild nights,
[14:05] Leonhart
    comes the clear night of revelation.
[14:08] Leonhart
    On that night, I will sacrifice you at las—
[14:12] Sariphi
    Lightning!
[14:15] Leonhart
    You don't fear beasts, yet a
    little thunder frightens you?
[14:22] Sariphi
    I can't help it.
[14:33] Leonhart
    I can't have you wailing
    over every lightning flash.
[14:37] Leonhart
    This should do something to
    keep out the noise and light.
[14:41] Sariphi
    Okay.
[14:44] Sariphi
    Oh, you're so fluffy!
[14:47] Leonhart
    How fickle. You were quaking
    in terror mere moments ago.
[14:53] Sariphi
    You're so warm that I'm not scared anymore.
[14:58] Sariphi
    You know, sire,
[15:00] Sariphi
    you don't have to act tough in front of me.
[15:16] Sariphi
    Because it won't be long
[15:19] Sariphi
    before my final night.
[15:25] Anubis
    The miasma clouds have lifted.
[15:28] Anubis
    'Tis the night of revelation.
    The ritual is upon us at last.
[15:31] Anubis
    Listen closely. The ritual
    of sacrifice is a sacred thing.
[15:35] Anubis
    Watch your tongue and
    proceed carefully, lest—
[15:39] Sariphi
    So sacrifices get to wear these
    lovely clothes, Chancellor?!
[15:43] Anubis
    Naturally! The sacrifice is to
    become part of His Majesty.
[15:47] Anubis
    No impurity may—
[15:48] Sariphi
    It's like a wedding dress!
[15:50] Sariphi
    Cy, Clops, how do I look?
[15:52] Clops
    You look great, Sari!
[15:54] Cy
    Sari!
[15:55] Anubis
    I told you to listen!
[15:58] Sariphi
    By the way, where's the king?
[16:00] Anubis
    His Majesty does not show himself
    to us on the night of the sacrifice.
[16:05] Sariphi
    Why not? Is it a royal tradition?
[16:09] Anubis
    None of our previous kings behaved thus.
[16:12] Anubis
    But it is not for us to question
    His Majesty's wisdom.
[16:18] Anubis
    Regardless, you are to wait quietly
    here in the altar chamber.
[16:25] Sariphi
    It's so dark. I can't even tell right from left.
[16:30] Sariphi
    Your Majesty?
[16:35] Sariphi
    It's not the king?!
[16:37] Assassin
    B-Be silent, sacrifice girl.
[16:41] Assassin
    Tonight is a golden opportunity to
    get the king away from his retainers.
[16:44] Assassin
    I'll take your place and
    lie in wait for him here.
[16:49] Sariphi
    What are you going to do to the king?!
[16:51] Assassin
    You have to ask?
[16:52] Assassin
    A-An indecisive king who panders
    to humans can't defend us.
[16:57] Assassin
    Here, on this very night,
    I'll topple him from his throne!
[17:01] Assassin
    Y-You're about to die anyway.
[17:04] Assassin
    I'll put your life to good use!
[17:14] Assassin
    A-An agent of the king?!
[17:16] Assassin
    O-Only a traitor would follow that coward!
[17:21] Sariphi
    He's not a coward.
[17:24] Sariphi
    The king tries to stop all the
    needless bloodshed he can.
[17:28] Sariphi
    He denies himself to keep his people safe.
[17:32] Sariphi
    His Majesty is a great king!
[17:37] Assassin
    E-Enough claptrap! You can die together!
[18:00] Sariphi
    Wait!
[18:02] Sariphi
    You're the king, aren't you?
[18:12] Sariphi
    You're hurt.
[18:13] Leonhart
    Do not touch me!
[18:17] Leonhart
    I am no king.
[18:19] Sariphi
    Yes, you are.
[18:23] Sariphi
    I can tell.
[18:27] Leonhart
    I am... no king.
[18:31] Leonhart
    Though I was born a beast,
    half my blood is human.
[18:36] Leonhart
    I can never truly be either.
[18:40] Leonhart
    When the moonlit night of revelation
    exposes this other form,
[18:46] Leonhart
    I merely hide in darkness and wait
    for it to pass. I'm a coward.
[18:53] Leonhart
    For all my empty bluster,
    I can't fool even a single girl.
[19:00] Leonhart
    How could such a pitiful weakling be a king?
[19:09] Sariphi
    You're not weak.
[19:12] Sariphi
    The chancellor told me.
[19:14] Sariphi
    You always perform the ritual alone.
[19:18] Sariphi
    No one's seen you eat any of the sacrifices.
[19:25] Sariphi
    When dawn breaks, the sacrifice is gone,
    and there's human blood everywhere.
[19:32] Sariphi
    That's how everyone knows
    you did the ritual.
[19:37] Sariphi
    A weak person...
[19:39] Sariphi
    A weak person couldn't
    do something like that.
[19:45] Sariphi
    You're the strongest there is, sire.
[19:49] Sariphi
    I'm so glad I got to be your sacrifice.
[19:54] Leonhart
    Sariphi...
[19:57] Sariphi
    Even if you let me go,
    I have no home to go back to.
[20:01] Sariphi
    I can't go back to those cold stares.
[20:05] Sariphi
    So I want my life to end
[20:08] Sariphi
    with you eating me.
[20:12] Sariphi
    I want to nourish someone strong and kind.
[20:31] Sariphi
    I'm so glad the last eyes to look at me...
[20:34] Leonhart
    Sari...
[20:36] Sariphi
    ...were full of warmth.
[20:39] Leonhart
    Sariphi...
[20:41] Sariphi
    Thank you, sire.
[20:45] Leonhart
    Now you belong to me.
[20:54] Anubis
    S-Sire...
[20:56] Anubis
    I... I'm not sure I—
[20:58] Leonhart
    Don't make me repeat myself.
[21:00] Leonhart
    Henceforth, I will be taking
    Sariphi as my queen.
[21:05] Speaker A
    N-Nonsense! You would dilute
    the royal line with human blood?!
[21:10] Speaker B
    This is unprecedented!
[21:12] Leonhart
    All who object, step forward if you dare!
[21:18] Sariphi
    See? I told you they'd be upset.
[21:21] Leonhart
    Oh, they won't complain. I won't let them.
[21:25] Clops
    Sari!
[21:26] Cy
    Ri!
[21:29] Sariphi
    Oh, I almost forgot!
[21:30] Sariphi
    I've been trying to come up with a name,
    sire. Would you like to hear it?
[21:34] Leonhart
    A name?
[21:35] Sariphi
    Yes, a name for you.
[21:39] Sariphi
    Leonhart.
[21:41] Sariphi
    It means "brave-hearted" in the
    ancient language of my country.
[21:46] Leonhart
    Leonhart...
[21:50] Leonhart
    Yes, I could live with that.
[23:25] Anubis
    Curse you, human wench!
[23:27] Anubis
    First you escape sacrifice,
    and now you inveigle my king!
[23:30] Anubis
    I shall soon expose your vile true nature!
[23:34] Sariphi
    Despite what he says, I'm sure I can
    make friends with the chancellor, too.
SIGN    Next Episode
SIGN    Carpenter Bees and a Court Banquet
[23:37] Clops
    Not a chance.
[23:38] Cy
    Chance.